Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict

Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict
Author: Edmund Terence Gomez
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 229
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0415645069

In recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalities involving ethnic communities. This book examines affirmative action programmes in a range of countries around the world. It discusses how such programmes came about and how they have been implemented, and examines their effectiveness. Throughout it explores how far affirmative action programmes reinforce ethnic identities and thereby contribute to division and conflict. The countries covered are India, the United States, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Malaysia and Fiji.

Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict

Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict
Author: Edmund Terence Gomez
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136157182

In recent years a number of countries have introduced affirmative action programmes in order to put right historical injustices and economic inequalities involving ethnic communities. This book examines affirmative action programmes in a range of countries around the world. It discusses how such programmes came about and how they have been implemented, and examines their effectiveness. Throughout it explores how far affirmative action programmes reinforce ethnic identities and thereby contribute to division and conflict. The countries covered are India, the United States, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Malaysia and Fiji.

Race And Ethnic Conflict

Race And Ethnic Conflict
Author: Fred L Pincus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2019-04-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429977522

In the revised and updated second edition of this comprehensive book, the first anthology to integrate social-psychological literature on prejudice with sociological and historical investigations, contributors introduce readers to the key debates and principal writings on racial and ethnic conflict, representing conservative, liberal, and radical p

Affirmative Action Around the World

Affirmative Action Around the World
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780300107753

An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that will stir fresh debate about this vitally important issue

Politics of Preferential Development

Politics of Preferential Development
Author: Steven Ratuva
Publisher: ANU E Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1925021033

While affirmative action has helped lessen inequality, it has not removed ethnic tension as initially envisaged. The ultimate question is whether affirmative action has led to a fairer, more just and peaceful society or whether it has simply worsened the existing situation. The book takes the view that the answer is a mixed one and reflects the complexity of the situation, rather than one which is simply positive or negative.

The Affirmative Action Empire

The Affirmative Action Empire
Author: Terry Dean Martin
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801486777

This text provides a survey of the Soviet management of the nationalities question. It traces the conflicts and tensions created by the geographic definition of national territories, the establishment of several official national languages and the world's first mass "affirmative action" programmes.

When Diversity Drops

When Diversity Drops
Author: Julie J. Park
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813561701

Julie J. Park examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at “California University,” as a case study to show how reductions in racial diversity impact the ability of students to sustain multiethnic communities. The story documents IVCF’s evolution from a predominantly white group that rarely addressed race to the most racially diverse campus fellowship at the university. However, its ability to maintain its multiethnic membership was severely hampered by the drop in black enrollment at California University following the passage of Proposition 209, a statewide affirmative action ban. Park demonstrates how the friendships that students have—or do not have—across racial lines are not just a matter of personal preference or choice; they take place in the contexts that are inevitably shaped by the demographic conditions of the university. She contends that a strong organizational commitment to diversity, while essential, cannot sustain racially diverse student subcultures. Her work makes a critical contribution to our understanding of race and inequality in collegiate life and is a valuable resource for educators and researchers interested in the influence of racial politics on students’ lives.

Color Lines

Color Lines
Author: John David Skrentny
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2001-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780226761817

A new ethnic order has emerged in the United States. The growing number of Latinos and Asians has rendered the old black-and-white binary obsolete. And yet, political pundits and commentators on both the left and the right continue to overlook the changing face of discrimination and opportunity in today's new multiethnic, multiracial America. With Color Lines, John David Skrentny brings us a collection of essays that reexamines the role of affirmative action and civil rights in light of this important shift in American demographics. The book explores issues of public policy, equal opportunity, diversity, multiculturalism, pathways to better work and higher learning, and attempts in countries outside the United States to protect minority civil rights. Combining perspectives from specialists in fields as diverse as sociology, history, political science, and law, Color Lines is a balanced and broad-ranging guide for anyone interested in civil rights policy and the future of ethnic relations in America. Contributors: Erik Bleich Lawrence D. Bobo Frank Dobbin John Aubrey Douglass Hugh Davis Graham Kyra R. Greene Erin Kelly George R. La Noue Jennifer Lee Michael Lichter Deborah C. Malamud Sunita Parikh John C. Sullivan Thomas J. Sugrue Carol M. Swain Steven M. Teles Roger Waldinger Christine Min Wotipka